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Riding from Wichita Falls to Chicago for a Reason

June 16, 2008 By: Rick Ankrum Category: News, Ride

from timesrecordnews.com

by Sarah Johnson

Patrick McBride is hoping the Midwest corn crop is unseasonably good next summer. That’s when McBride and two friends will ride their bikes about 1,200 miles from Wichita Falls to Chicago to raise money for an orphanage project in Nigeria.

“The tall corn stalks stop the wind from coming across the road,� McBride said.

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